This week’s Watchlist is all about the shiny and new, or at least, things that look new until you look a little closer. We’re heading to Rome for a change of scenery that feels suspiciously familiar featuring the marketing maven who seems to have mastered every language except the one where she learns from her mistakes, and checking in on a matchmaker who finally has to face her own reflection. Whether it’s an American in Italy or a Song-Covey si

Think about the last time a password caused you a problem. You forgot it. You reset it. You chose something simple because the complicated ones are impossible to remember. Or worse, you used the same password for everything, hoping for the best.

We have all been there. You’re sitting on the sofa, staring at a paragraph you’ve already read three times. Your mind is wandering to what’s for dinner, the laundry, or literally anything other than the prose in front of you. Yet, you push on. You feel a sense of duty - a literary guilt - to finish what you started.

We’re all creatures of habit, even when we don’t mean to be. We fold away our nicest clothes, keep our favorite perfume for special days, and tell ourselves that someday when the right moment comes we’ll finally use them. It feels harmless. Maybe even responsible. But over time, that habit begins to shape how we experience our lives.

There is a specific, fleeting window of time in Colombo where the city seems to hold its breath. It happens just as the sun begins its slow descent into the Indian Ocean, turning the sky into a mix of liquid gold and deep indigo. While the Tiki Bar at Shangri-La Colombo has always been one of the best spots for this view, its latest update feels less like a simple menu change and more like a real cultural homecoming.

In the sciences of Vaastu and Feng Shui, each compass direction is believed to represent an important aspiration in our lives. The sectors associated with career, knowledge, literary skills, and writing correspond to the North and Northeast directions.

I am particularly reminded at this time of the year of 11,500 Australians and New Zealanders who died on the battlefields of Gallipoli, Turkey, in 1915. It is at this time, 25 th April, that many families remember most their lost family members from the two World Wars. It is ANZAC Day, remembrance day for the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. Sad to think how many wars are going on in the world today. It is as though we have not learnt anyth

With the arrival of Aloka, the “peace dog,” local animal welfare organizations and activists, along with compassionate citizens, hope that this unique moment portends an opportunity for increased awareness, a change of hearts and minds and sustained scientific programs with regard to our well-loved community dogs and most particularly the passing and implementation of the ANIMAL WELFARE BILL

You know I love a good story, but I live for the ones that come with a little chaos, a lot of freedom, and zero fixed plans. This week on Buzz with Danu, I caught up with Pawan Perera, the brain behind Go Odyssey, a man who basically said, “Why follow a tour bus when you can drive your own adventure?”

Colombo is anticipating the arrival of the West End–licensed musical ‘La Bamba! The Song of Veracruz’ at Cinnamon Life, presented by City of Dreams Sri Lanka in collaboration with the John Keells Foundation. Bringing together an international cast alongside Sri Lankan performers, the production, directed by Paul Morrissey, promises a dynamic blend of music and storytelling.